Adult Community Recovery Services
The team works to a recovery model based on the ‘Five Ways to Wellbeing’.
Following a brief assessment with a caseworker we can tailor advice and support to the service users needs. This may consist of 1-1 sessions where you can talk about things which are causing problems. Our aim is to empower Service Users to maintain their place within the community through accessing community groups, learning opportunities, voluntary opportunities and skills for employment.
Wellbeing Worker
Our wellbeing worker develops and facilitates short 6-8 week projects promoting social inclusion and the ‘5 Ways to Wellbeing’. They work with individuals to support them to engage with programmes to develop their social skills, identify aspirations and offer encouragement in to community activities. Short projects include walking groups and conservation groups.Befriending Service
Our befriending service offers opportunities for service users and volunteers, supported by our Mind staff members.
Service users can be allocated a volunteer who will support and help individuals re-engage with community activities.
Our volunteers support people living with Mental ill Health, and help promote the five ways to well being. The volunteers offer one to one support and assist facilitation of the groups Mind supports and runs. The groups have many forms but all based around promoting social inclusion in a friendly supportive atmosphere. All volunteers receive comprehensive training, travel expenses and support finding suitable placements. We are always on hand to offer help and advice to volunteers.
- Volunteers support a range of groups including:
- Bi Polar support Group
- Bereavement support Group
- Ten pin bowling group
- Women’s only support group
- Art group
Education Worker
The education worker supports individuals back into learning. Service users are supported to choose education they would like to access from half day to longer-term courses.Allotment Project
The allotment project offers a friendly supportive atmosphere encouraging social inclusion and continued learning. The benefits of the group are as diverse as the attendees. These include an increase in self confidence, the provision of a supportive social framework and stability of a routine. Growing plants can serve as a protective factor when times are difficult (the feeling that plants rely on somebody for survival). In addition, group members can learn new transferable skills, which can continue to qualifications as recovery progresses. The group is also a fantastic way to keep active.Activities on the allotment include weeding, sewing seeds, cropping fruit and vegetables, learning about crop rotation and plant care.